Sun 12 June 2022: Canada is on track to become the first country in the world to include health warnings on individual cigarettes. Two decades ago, the country started a worldwide trend by mandating the addition of graphic picture warnings on tobacco product packaging. “We need to address the concern that these messages may have […]
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Sat 11 June 2022: Google Maps has introduced a new feature that will now display the air quality layer in the United States for both Android and iOS users. This will show users what to expect in terms of air quality: whether it’s smoggy, smokey, otherwise awful, or simply wonderful, according to 9To5Google. Users may […]
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Fri 10 June 2022: After two cases of swine disease were detected on a farm in Rome’s Lazio region, officials declared on Friday (June 10) that a thousand pigs would be slaughtered, prompting fears of a blow to the country’s pork industry. “We have to slaughter all the pigs in the contaminated area very quickly,” […]
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Fri 10 June 2022: The Paris prosecutor’s office said Thursday that it had opened a preliminary inquiry into dozens of cases of Salmonella poisoning in popular Kinder sweets during the key Easter holiday season. A range of chocolate products made at the company’s factory in Arlon, southeast Belgium, were found to contain Salmonella bacteria, resulting in 150 cases in nine European countries. As […]
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Thu 09 June 2022: A researcher at northwestern Sakarya University found about 13,000 microplastic particles from a single teabag passing into the water. In her research, Meral Yurtsever said microplastics were found in four of 11 cup bags and in all 11 teapot bags of different brands. Plastics, which can take centuries to dissolve in […]
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Thu 09 June 2022: Since May, the number of registered monekypox cases in countries not previously infected with the virus has risen to over 1,000, according to World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. On Wednesday, the number of infections recorded in Germany increased to 113, a significant increase over the previous day’s total of […]
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Tue 07 June 2022: A smartphone app that identifies severe jaundice in newborn babies by scanning their eyes could be a life-saver in areas that lack access to expensive screening devices, suggests a study. The app, called neoSCB, was developed by clinicians and engineers at University College London and was used to screen for jaundice […]
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Tue 07 June 2022: Health Minister, Dr Joe Phaahla, has called for calm and vigilance after four cases of measles were detected in Gauteng. These cases were found during routine surveillance activities aimed at detecting, investigating and responding to every suspected case of this vaccine-preventable disease. In a statement on Monday, the Department of Health […]
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Tue 07 June 2022: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States raised the monkeypox alert level on Monday, advising travelers to wear masks but cautioning that it was not as serious as COVID-19. Patients with monkeypox experience flu-like symptoms before developing a severe rash, lesions, and swollen lymph nodes. According to […]
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Mon 06 June 2022: The days of heart transplant survivors undergoing invasive biopsies could soon be over after a new MRI technique has proven to be safe and effective, reducing complications and hospital admissions. Scientists at the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute and St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney, hope the new virtual biopsy designed to detect […]
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